Kate Merz

Position title: Lecturer

Email: mkmerz@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C. White, Rm. 7195C

Research Interests

Postcolonial studies; modernism; South Asian diaspora; early modern drama & travel writing; detective fiction; the science & material culture of empire

Degrees and Institutions

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College, 2002

Courses Taught

Engl. 242 – Revolution & Tradition in British & Postcolonial Lit.
Engl. 144 – Women’s Writing Beyond Boundaries
Engl. 173 – Race Science & Science Fiction
Engl. 175 – Violence, Creativity, & Empire in Modern Anglophone Lit.
Engl. 100 on themes of: Public History; Science, Ethics, & Society; Space & Place